Aaron Blake: “As he’s pushed a number of executive and legislative actions in recent months — from nixing the Senate filibuster, to requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship, to eliminating mail ballots — he’s repeatedly pitched them as ideas that will help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections.”
“And this brutalist political strategy is getting less subtle.”
Related from the Associated Press: Redistricting war accelerates winner-take-all politics straining American democracy.
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